i've been suffering from acne for 10 years. i'm 24 now, 14 was when i had my first acne.

i would get about 10 new zits a week sometimes even 15 zits in just 2 days. as you can imagine, my face is pretty damn bad.i've tried antibotics, proactiv, dan's regime benzamycin, stevimacyin creamsthey all did nothing.

in fact, the creams actually made my scarring worst. my face is still covered with scars.

You might be able to try adding some whole food, non gluten grains like brown rice or quinoa. If you can tolerate them of course. Thats basically the diet Im doing now...except mine is.fruits and veggies, raw nuts and seeds {not too large amounts and ONLY completely raw}, brown rice, quinoa, some tofu {I tried giving up soy and I managed to give up all types beside tofu, I love the stuff too damn much!}. I eat eggs as well. I seem to be able to tolerate a small serving {like one small serving a day} of dairy too, so I usually have a very small bowl of yogurt or cottage cheese a day.

Right now Im testing to see what legumes I can tolerate. So far it seems I have a bad reaction to chickpeas {still doing a few more tests to figure it out for sure}, but I can tolerate black beans. Tests on refried beans and chili beans are still coming. Gah its so tedious!

Was there ever a point where you felt acne was not caused by your diet? Tell me those thoughts at that period in time, what made you want to try, etc. I want to know more about your history too.

i'll gladly tell you.

Yes there was a time where i felt acne was not caused by my diet, my docter said it's not, and my derm says that it's not as well. They prescribed me anti botics and anti botics cream. the antibotics made me feel sluggish and the cream made my face broke out even more. it was a horrifying experience. then i begin to think about this more often and i realize that putting cream on and swallowing pills are just ways of masking hte symptoms. I know that my acne has to come from sonewhere.

i started reading about diet and acne, it made sense to me. one thing i really notice about me is that whenever i would eat cheese pizza, i would get about 15 cysts the next 2 days. then it made perfect sense to me. to me, acen has be caused by diet.

Was there ever a point where you felt acne was not caused by your diet? Tell me those thoughts at that period in time, what made you want to try, etc. I want to know more about your history too.

i'll gladly tell you.

Yes there was a time where i felt acne was not caused by my diet, my docter said it's not, and my derm says that it's not as well. They prescribed me anti botics and anti botics cream. the antibotics made me feel sluggish and the cream made my face broke out even more. it was a horrifying experience. then i begin to think about this more often and i realize that putting cream on and swallowing pills are just ways of masking hte symptoms. I know that my acne has to come from sonewhere.

i started reading about diet and acne, it made sense to me. one thing i really notice about me is that whenever i would eat cheese pizza, i would get about 15 cysts the next 2 days. then it made perfect sense to me. to me, acen has be caused by diet.

i dropped all the dairy and the processed carbs, and here i am.

ppl will say acne is not caused by diet. but it's not true.

really, what have you got to lose?

Thank you so much for sharing that, that's an amazing story and I am really happy for you. I appreciate you taking the time to share it with us, and I hope you continued success!

Anyone who has a problem zit thats having a hard time healing, try this and let me know if it helped you. Mix one tablespoon of sea salt with three tablespoons of warm water, apply to a cotton ball or a paper towel. Apply to the zit for ten to fifteen minutes, and then wash it off.

Totally, TOTALLY continue with it. It's always worth it. People always say I've triedthis topical and that antibiotic and blah blah, and if they're willing to try all that stuff,why not diet? I salute you my friend, 'cause it takes a lot of willpower.

But I'm not much for soy, just a personal vendetta thing though, nothing dietary

I have 2 sons with acne problems and they recently decided to give up soy also, and it ispaying off. According the Acne diet from Loren Cordain of "Paleo Diet", soy is problematicin a way similar to grains and legumes. Something about lectins and inhibiting zinc absorption.....so anyway, I think they are doing better off soy.